Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
The German Cancer Society's long-running journal covering both laboratory cancer research and clinical oncology. Read by oncologists and cancer researchers, especially in Europe.
Overview
The Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology is the official journal of the German Cancer Society (Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft), published by Springer Nature in Germany. NLM catalogues it from 1979, now at twelve issues a year, and notes that articles have appeared in English or German with summaries in both languages. The publisher describes it as containing significant and up-to-date articles within the fields of experimental and clinical oncology, covering carcinogenesis, molecular biology, developments in cancer therapy, diagnostic methods, oncological surgery and epidemiology, including precision medicine, targeted therapy, immuno-oncology and artificial intelligence. The Directory of Open Access Journals lists it as fully open access from 2024 under CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licences, with anonymous peer review and an article processing charge.
Clinical oncologist who directs Poland's national cancer institute, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Warsaw.
Against the consensus that herpes was to blame, he proposed in 1976 that papillomaviruses cause cervical cancer and isolated HPV16 and HPV18 from tumours in 1983-84, making vaccination and HPV testing possible. Nobel Prize 2008.
Neurosurgeon who serves as Medical Director and Chair of the Board of University Hospital Düsseldorf, home of the CIO Düsseldorf cancer centre.
Gynaecologist who co-leads the CCC Tübingen-Stuttgart and directs women's health at Tübingen University Hospital, with research in breast and gynaecological cancers.